Sharlee...this has been discussed lots on this forum. You can do a search and find it discussed, by me, and by Wilckdds (Jerry Wilck) and others....both sides of the issue. Of course, no other person's experience can guide you in your decision. Each person's case is different: location of tumor, degree of differentiation, margins, length of time it has been growing, node involvement. I had a T2N0M0 tumor, with clear margins, and no node involvement after a neck dissection. The location of my tumor....on the upper maxilla and hard palate.....led my surgeon to decide against radiation. He feels that this location can be removed with a high degree of certainty. I, too, am a little nervous about not having had radiation, and I even asked for it at one time, just to be sure, but they said that they felt that I didn't need it. (of course, they followed that with the same old song, about saving it for later in case i need it......hmmmm I thought I was NOT going to need it....)

It's a hard call, and you can NOT do it yourself without professional advice that you trust. Keep us posted.